From the moment they are born, millions of children are routinely denied the rights and privileges granted to their white peers – from education ... a violent crime – perpetuating the cycle of poverty ...

The analysis by the Economic Policy Institute showed in 2023, Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native children were three times more likely than their white peers to live in poverty.

pointed out that Ferguson was “emblematic” of the wave of rising poverty in the suburbs of all of America’s 100 largest metropolitan centres, suburbs both mostly white and mostly black.

And when he was a child ... freighted idea that poverty is a Black problem. The largest bloc of poor people in this country, Barber reminds his readers, is white. And focusing on “white poverty ...

More information: Black Poverty Leads White Americans to Blame Racial Inequality on Black Americans Themselves, Social Psychological and Personality Science (2025). DOI: 10.1177/19485506251329122 ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Louise Skolnik, professor emeritus of social work at Adelphi University and former Nassau County director of human services and deputy commissioner of the ...

The Scottish government's figures also showed minority ethnic households are more likely to be in poverty than those of white British ethnicity. Fiona King, from Save The Children Scotland ...